Jasleen Kaur

Jasleen’s new Landmark Public Artwork for the development’s outdoor square will make visible the invisible aspects of the industrial histories of exchange and transfer of goods within the city of Birmingham. In particular thinking about waste materials and what is erased in the making of something new. The project explore ideas of materiality of the city and subsequent experiences of visibility/ invisibility and notions of waste through the redevelopment and gentrification processes.

This is the starting point for an ongoing conversation with Jasleen, which will develop into a larger body of work over the coming years. Prompted by the development of this commission, to explore the conditions of regeneration with the many different communities of Digbeth, together we will be examining the conditions on the ground in a specific and locally sensitive manner whilst also speaking to the nationally significant context of arts and regenerative practice. This work is central to Grand Union’s wider programme which responds to the context of redevelopment and the significant part culture plays in creating newly imagined experiences of the city.

This work seeks to create moments for spatial delight (Dorren Massey), resonance and insight into erasure, and notions of regeneration and reinvigoration. The work will enable voices of the unheard, preserving something of this moment and creating visibility through artistic expression, as the immediate landscape of Digbeth begins to change beyond recognition.

Jasleen has been engaging nationally with the fabrics of place through development processes across Glasgow, London and Birmingham. Her work centres on creating a sensitive and poetical understanding of the experience of place and embodiment. 

You can find out more about the Tea Factory public art commission below, and this evolving work with Jasleen will be shared over time.